This Year, one of my goals is to design and manufacture bicycle caps. The profit for the caps will go towards ending human trafficking by supporting non-profits who are putting holes in this injustice. 3 years ago, we had our prototypes made in Cambodia and I was really impressed by how simple that part was. Considering making about 500-1000 limited edition, designed bicycle caps in hopes of raising atleast $25,000. Anyone interested in being a part of this should send me a message! Stay Tuned

It’s that time of year when the world falls in love…and you need a soundtrack while you gain a few pounds, throw back a beer or two (or 10), get dysfunctional with family and hopefully get some new socks! We’ve been putting out new Christmas mixes every year and this is our latest. Wanna bring the cool mix to the party? Download this, put it in your zune or whatever and rock on! If you have a suggestion, drop us a line!

Just saw this and had to share. This almost means nothing to people outside of California, but it sure makes us all hungry. I’d say number 3 is my favorite. Click on the image to see it in it’s full glory! via Serious Eats

Don’t get your hopes up, Brooks, the legendary leatheriffic manufacturer of highly drool inducing bicycle products, has opened up their first store. It’s in London. Not a huge surprise but this does give some hope to future locations. My guess would be Hong Kong and New York. And we can dream about LA all day. The store is more of a glorified salute of showing off how far they’ve come, and I’d say they’ve already accomplished that in the small yet large community of global cyclists.

Not only is the store a mini Brooks museum, it also boasts the opportunity to get a custom made Brooks Saddle in a wide variety of colors. I’d like to take my paycheck here one day, and splurge. Customs are great but I don’t think anything has beaten their new Cambium line. It’s a rubber-cotton goodness that somehow still competes with their traditional signature leather suit.

Michel Gondry’s latest is a documentary/conversation with Noam Chomsky. But instead of your average 60 minutes-esque interview style, Michael Gondry, of course, has gone and done something peculiar/spectacular. Is the MAn Who Is Tall Happy is ‘A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.’ It’s currently playing at the Downtown Independent, Sundance Sunset and Laemmle’s Playhouse 7 for a very limited time and will be available for your private viewing pleasure on itunes y Amazon…starting now. Get ready to be confused, stimulated and essentially get your mind blown.

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http://bbqchickenrobot.com/?p=2638#commentsWed, 04 Dec 2013 09:22:10 +0000http://bbqchickenrobot.com/?p=2638Recently Downtown Los Angeles’ very own Bicycle collective, CR@NC, has celebrated its 1-year anniversary at none other than Downtown’s beloved Angel City Brewery. They offer FREE bicycle repair, how-tos and plenty of advice on all things bikes. Look out for their upcoming events including another repair day at Angel City on December 8th!

Sicksystems, Dmitri Aske’s design psuedoname, recently put up a beautiful, 9-story mural in Salavat, Russia. The photo below give a clear idea of how rough the surface was and why it might have been fairly difficult to cover each and ever chunk with spray paint. I read that it took 9 days. I personally like the pixel-blocky look of the rider and his bike. From the artist…”The cyclist symbolizes human abilities. Since the bicycle is a mechanical vehicle, people riding a bike move forward using their own energy. This work wants to remind the viewers that in the modern world people way too often rely on new technologies forgetting about their own abilities and powers and underestimating them…”

STARMINDS is putting on a rad event on Sunday night! 100% of proceeds go towards Typhoon relief and it’s only $15 at the door! That’s less than 3 bucks per artist! It all goes down at the awesome Downtown Independent theater in Downtown Los Angeles. Here’s a preview of the dope line up including June Marieezy who’s having her Virgo EP release party at the event!